Double Trouble
Solve 13 x 15
195
Solve 30 × 2
60
Break down 14 × 6
(10 + 4) x 6
A student says 6 × 7 = 36. What’s the mistake?
They multiplied incorrectly.
Sarah has 4 bags of apples. Each bag has 6 apples. How many apples does she have?
24
Solve 24 x 15
360
Solve 500 × 3
1,500
Break down 23 × 5
(20 + 3) x 5
A student solved 34 × 3 as 34 + 3 = 37. What did they do wrong?
They added instead of multiplying.
A bus has 36 seats. If 8 buses are full, how many seats is that in all?
288
Solve 36 x 27
972
Solve 40 × 60
2,400
Break down 37 × 8
(30 + 7) x 8
A student solved 25 × 4 = 1,000. Find and correct the error.
They multiplied wrong.
A box holds 24 pencils. If the teacher buys 15 boxes, how many pencils is that?
360
Solve 48 x 32
1,536
Solve 2,000 × 7
14,000
Break down 46 × 12
(40 + 6) x (10 + 2)
A student did 46 × 12 and got 4,612. Where did they go wrong?
They just stuck the numbers together instead of multiplying.
A school cafeteria makes 186 sandwiches each day for 5 days. About how many sandwiches do they make in 5 days? If each sandwich costs about $3 to make, about how much money is spent in total?
$3,000
Solve 67 x 45
3,015
Solve 6,000 x 9
54,000
Break down 78 × 23
(70 + 8) x (20 + 3)
A student solved 72 × 25 as 720 + 25 = 745. What’s the correct answer?
They added instead of multiplying properly.
A farmer has 71 rows of corn. Each row has 36 stalks. If each stalk produces 2 ears of corn, how many ears of corn are there in total?
9,000